| Many police officers will tell you when a home is burglarized, thieves gain entrance through a door, but it is not the lock or the door that is the problem. The door jamb is usually what fails. Even if you have multiple deadbolt locks, if an intruder hits one of the entry doors with enough force, the bolts from the lock will go right through the jamb. When the jamb splinters, the entry doors open as if they were never locked in the first place. Most exterior doors have a strike plate, but many times is not installs. If you were to install a piece of steel plating on the back of jamb, it will strengthen the jamb. Together with a strike plate, the exterior door is almost impossible to breach. Your door is still beautiful, but almost invincible. |
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